Top 10 AMAZING ANIMALS that Will Soon Go EXTINCT!

Top 10 AMAZING ANIMALS that Will Soon Go EXTINCT! 

Earth is home to a plethora of wildlife, with more being discovered every day. However, as more are being discovered, even more are starting to die out because of, well, us. And many of these amazing and beautiful animals that are going extinct are ones that you've never even heard of before.

So, before they're completely gone and maybe even in an attempt to try to save them, I'm gonna let you know exactly what they are, unless they're extinct by the time you watch this, in which case, what they were.

Anyway, here they are, 10 amazing animals that will soon be extinct.

Number one : The Sumatran elephant

The Sumatran elephant

The Sumatran elephant is actually a vital part of the ecosystem that feeds on a large variety of plants and "deposits" seeds wherever it goes. That means poopie.

Despite this, over 70% of their habitat has been destroyed over the last 25 years, mostly due to deforestation for pulp and paper industries, as well as oil palm plantations. The result is a decrease
in the Sumatran elephant population by over 80%!

That's right, most of these gigantic animals have already died out in our lifetime.

Back in 2012, these creatures found their way onto the critically endangered list. But despite this, humans still hunt them, mostly either for sport or retaliation, as elephants trample their crops and homes when their natural food source runs out. Well, maybe if we stopped polluting the Earth, they'd have more food to eat and they wouldn't have to trample your home. It's just retaliation on their part.

Stop killing the elephants.

Number two : The leatherback turtle

The leatherback turtle

Like the name suggests, the leatherback turtle, unlike its harder-shelled cousins, has a softer shell that's leather-like to the touch. The largest of all sea turtles, these animals have faced a huge drop in population, mostly due to having being hunted for their meat, having their eggs poached and their nesting sites being destroyed by beachfront properties, as well as pollution.

Their diet consists primarily of jellyfish and, unfortunately, many turtles have died accidentally,  mistaking a plastic bag for a jellyfish.

Leatherback turtles travel great distances every year, both to eat and reproduce. Because of these, they are often caught in fishing nets, which causes them to drown when tangled up.

Number three : The black rhinoceros

The black rhinoceros

Black rhinos may have already lost one of its subspecies, the West African black rhinoceros, due to extinction. They've been cut down to near-extinction themselves by European hunters who were known to value their horns and kill up to six a day.

They mostly use their horns for ornaments and for their "medicinal" properties. Though, truthfully, a rhino's horn is made up of the exact same protein that fingernails and hair are made of, called keratin.

While it's estimated that there were literally hundreds of thousands of black rhinos just 100 years ago, due to poaching conducted between 1970 and 1992, 96% of them have been killed off.


Today, there are only 5,000 in all of southeastern Africa.

Number four : The giant panda

The giant panda

Despite the fact that they have very few natural predators and are adored by millions, the giant panda is now the rarest member of the bear family. With human populations pushing farther and farther into panda territory, the animals are losing ground and precious bamboo, which is their primary food supply.

Now, reserves have been set up in China by organization like the WWF. However, still, giant pandas' numbers continue to decline, their numbers being now between 1,600 and 1,800. That's for the entire world!

At this point, there are literally more stuffed animal panda bears than there are actual panda bears.
"This world is a scary place."

Number five : The vaquita

The vaquita

Only discovered back in 1958, this adorable animal is the world's most rare marine mammal, beating out even the rarest whale and will be extinct likely by 2018. A member of the porpoise family, the vaquita's numbers have been absolutely devastated by illegal fishing operations, most of these operations occuring
within the Gulf of California in Mexico to the point where only in the last three years, more than half of the population of this marine species has been lost.

It's estimated that literally less than 100 vaquita remain.

Number six : The North Atlantic right whale

The North Atlantic right whale

Though they've been declared protected from whaling since the 1930s, the North Atlantic right whale
is one of the most endangered large whales in the sea. And, unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be recovering in numbers.

Mostly found in North America's Atlantic coastal waters, these whales are often found dead, either tangled in fishing nets or after a collision with a ship. Additionally, climate change has added to the problem, with the ocean temperatures rising to levels dangerous to this creature. This is due to the fact that it actually affects the amount of food available for them. So, essentially, we're starving them off.

Number seven : The tiger

The Tiger

Yes, that furry creature that we all know and love is in trouble.

Alarmingly, in the last 100 years, the Earth has seen tiger populations drop by a whopping 97%. Recent studies have indicated that there could be as few as 3,200 tigers left in the entire world. That's down from hundreds of thousands.

Considered Asia's biggest cat, these animals are being lost to poaching, deforestation and retaliatory killings. In addition, tiger habitats have been almost completely destroyed for lumber, agriculture and to make way for roads and highways.

It's to the point now where they literally only have about 7% of the land that they once called theirs. And, sadly, these cats cannot survive in tiny disconnected zones.

What is the world coming to? One day, kids are gonna look back on movies like "The Jungle Book" and be like, "What's that crazy creature there?" And then, we're gonna have to be like, "That was a tiger. "We killed it off to make roads."

Number eight : Pangolins

Pangolins

Considered one of the most trafficked animals on the planet, pangolins wear their own armor in the form of hundreds of scales lining their bodies.

Their meat is considered a delicacy in places like China and Vietnam, especially with their numbers dropping as low as they have in recent years. In fact, these creatures were brought to the brink of extinction in many places, with over 1 million killed within the last decade alone. Because of this, it's actually unknown how many are left in this world. However, the WWF has placed them on the critically endangered list and is fighting to stop their numbers from hitting zero.

Here's an idea : How about we just stop eating these cute little creatures? I mean, seriously, you have chicken, you have beef, you even have horse if you want to.

Number nine : The Javan rhinoceros

The Javan rhinoceros

The most endangered of all the rhino species, the Javan rhinoceros is actually considered one of the most endangered large mammals in the entire world. Only two populations of this species of rhino exist, their combined numbers amounting to less than 60 animals total.

Once again, the reason for many of their numbers being reduced is poaching, their horns a commodity in traditional Asian medicine, while many die out as their habitat is converted by bulldozers into farmland.

This species could be extinct in only a matter of years. That is, of course, unless something drastic happens. But, for the most part, it's pretty far gone.

This is getting ridiculous! First tigers, then rhinos? What's next, gorillas?

Number 10 : The mountain gorilla

The mountain gorilla

Considered a critically endangered species by the WWF, mountain gorillas, like their name suggests, live in high mountains. They make their homes in forests and sit between 2,400 and 4,000 meters above sea level and have much thicker fur than their cousins.

However, these defenses have failed from preventing their numbers from being reduced to only 880.

As some humans have moved further and further into mountain gorillas' territory, the animals have been forced to retreat further up into the mountains for longer periods of time, which unfortunately means that they have to try to sustain harsher conditions, which usually prove deadly.

Well, let's see how much we like it when all the icecaps melt and we all have to live in high mountains and then battle it out with the gorillas. Let's see who's gonna win.

"It's the gorillas."

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